How do I pull from a Git repository through an HTTP proxy?

Question

Note: while the use-case described is about using submodules within a project, the same applies to a normal git clone of a repository over HTTP.

I have

Answer 1

When your network team does ssl-inspection by rewriting certificates, then using a http url instead of a https one, combined with setting this var worked for me.

git config --global http.proxy http://proxy:8081

Answer 2

For Windows

Goto --> C:/Users/user_name/gitconfig

Update gitconfig file with below details

[http]

[https]

proxy = https://your_proxy:your_port

[http]

proxy = http://your_proxy:your_port

How to check your proxy and port number?

Internet Explorer -> Settings -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings

Answer 3

$http_proxy is for http://github.com.... $https_proxy is for https://github.com...

Answer 4

This worked to me.

git config --global http.proxy proxy_user:proxy_passwd@proxy_ip:proxy_port

Answer 5

I got around the proxy using https... some proxies don't even check https.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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c:\git\meantest>git clone http://github.com/linnovate/mean.git
Cloning into 'mean'...
fatal: unable to access 'http://github.com/linnovate/mean.git/': Failed connect
to github.com:80; No error

c:\git\meantest>git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean.git
Cloning into 'mean'...
remote: Reusing existing pack: 2587, done.
remote: Counting objects: 27, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (24/24), done.
rRemote: Total 2614 (delta 3), reused 4 (delta 0)eceiving objects:  98% (2562/26

Receiving objects: 100% (2614/2614), 1.76 MiB | 305.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1166/1166), done.
Checking connectivity... done

Answer 6

This isn't a problem with your proxy. It's a problem with github (or git). It fails for me on git-1.6.0.1 on linux as well. Bug is already reported (by you no less).

Make sure to delete your pasties, they're already on google. Edit: Must've been dreaming, i guess you can't delete them. Use Gist instead?